Spectacle-case holder.



PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

W. R. PIGKENS. SPEGTAGLRGASE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1903.

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SP-ECTACLE-CASE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,668, dated May 9, 1905.

Application filed September 30, 1903. Serial No. 175,219.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that'I, WILLIAM R. PIcKENs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Princeton, in the county of Mercer and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Spectacle-Case Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in clasps; and its object is to provide a simple and inexpensive device of this character adapted to be detachably fastened to the pocket of a garment and which is so constructed as to firmly grip a spectacle-case and hold it in position within a pocket.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form of my invention, and in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved clasp, the same being shown in position upon a spectacle-case; and Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof and showing a portion of a pocket in said section. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 is a plate having an arm 2 extending therefrom, to which is connected a head 3, having a spur 4 projecting inward therefrom. Extending from the plate 1 are parallel springarms 5, which are curved in opposite directions to form bows 6. These bows are inclined and terminate in eyes 7 and are so shaped as to firmly grip upon aspectacle-case 8 or other device to be used in connection therewith. The plate 1 is,as illustrated more clearly in Fig. 3, composed of a pair of sections 10 and 11, adapted to receive and clamp between them the ends of the arms 5, these plates being maintained in assembled position by means of a rivet 12. The arm 2, which is secured to the plate 1 in any appropriate manner, is provided adjacent its outer end with a transverse pintle 13, designed to engage the inner face of the rear wall 14 of the button 3, from which Wall there is struck a spring-tongue 15, designed to cooperate with the end of the arm 2 for maintaining the head or button in clamping position.

WVhen using this device, the head 3 is sprung outward, so as to permit the edge of a pocket 9 to be inserted between said head and the plate 1. The head is then released, and the spring-tongue 15 cooperating with the arm 2 forces the lug 4 into engagement with the pocket. The arms 5 are thus brought into position within the pocket, and the spectaclecase can then be readily inserted between the arms, to be securely held thereby against accidental displacement.

It will be seen that the device is extremely simple and inexpensive in construction and will-firmly hold the case in proper position.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of my invention; butI do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is' V A spectacle-case holder comprising a plate provided with a supporting-arm,.a head pivotally mounted upon the arm and having a projecting spur, said head acting in conjunction with the plate to clamp a portion of a garment therebetween, a spring cooperating 

